COMMENT: There's a cargo cult hysteria erupting over the magical cure-all abilities of Auckland Council's proposed unitary plan.

Activity in Auckland and surrounding regions has pushed residential building consents to their highest annual total in more than a decade.

The pipeline of new Auckland housing will underpin a longer construction boom for the country.

China Construction Bank New Zealand has received a $140 million capital injection from its Beijing-based parent.

COMMENT: Investing in instalments can have advantages over making a one-off deposit.

Two publicly-owned companies spearheading the city's rebuild have average salary rates in excess of $120,000.

COMMENT: The practical impacts of this new legislation will be significant and will ripple across the entire supply chain.

The prefabrication construction sector can handle Government demands for modular Auckland residences, says its boss.

Fletcher Building has gained Commerce Commission clearance to acquire rival construction company Higgins Group.

Our biggest building company is off to London as it searches for new staff to help keep up with a massive boom in construction work.

A tightening labour market and a slight lift in pricing intentions are among the early signs that inflation may finally be starting to edge up.

New Zealand firms turned optimistic about the state of the economy in the June quarter.

China Construction is massive and now it's here - having just won the contract to build a huge new hotel on Auckland's waterfront.

Business optimism jumps on the back of construction and tourism industries.

The value of all residential buildings based on those consents is $11.4 billion.

The half-hectare $60 million Red Stag Timber "mega-mill" is almost as big as a rugby field and the materials and construction techniques used were unusual.

Half the floor of one of New Zealand's biggest new supermarkets at a $40 million Tauranga scheme has been torn up and re-laid, the store's owner says.

Some of the planned projects were badly located, too expensive or not what the market wanted.

Local government's infrastructure-building monopoly could be removed and Chinese contractors could take the lead.

A top Auckland Council official has questioned whether a new Auckland urban development authority is needed.

New homes and sections created under the Auckland Housing Accord have dropped below target as the building industry struggles to find extra labour.

COMMENT: So why are the houses that we so desperately need not being built? In my view, the supply of land is not the main problem.

The prospect of a powerful new Auckland urban development authority has been welcomed by a real estate industry leader.

John Key is allowing companies - including from China - to fund and build some of Auckland's infrastructure.

Prime Minister John Key has floated the idea of a powerful new agency to oversee major building projects.

New Zealand's economy has grown at a faster pace than expected in the first quarter of 2016.

A builder who wrote a funny and directly worded job advertisement seeking a reliable employee has found his man.

Deficiencies have been discovered in some Chinese steel imported for the new $458 million Huntly bypass, says a contracting chief.

Kiwirail is accused of breaching a collective agreement with the Rail and Maritime Union.